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Oracle® Fabric OS 1.0.2 Administration Guide

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Updated: November 2016
 
 

Glossary

A
AD

Active Directory. An implementation of LDAP directory services by Microsoft for use primarily in Windows environments. Its main purpose is to provide central authentication and authorization services for Windows based computers. AD also enables administrators to assign policies, deploy software, and apply critical updates to an organization.

Admin State

Administrative State. The intention of the operator by setting a given resource up or down. See also Oper State.

C
CLI

The Oracle Fabric OS CLI. (This CLI is separate from the Oracle Fabric Manager CLI.)

D
DHCP

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Enables network devices to automatically obtain a valid IP address from a server.

E
EDR

Enhanced Data Rate.

F
fabric

Oracle’s EDR InfiniBand fabric. A 100-Gb converged fabric for network, storage, and interprocess communication.

G
gateway

The connections between the IB fabric and the data center LAN. Ethernet gateways present a collection of NICs to the Ethernet LAN.

gateway port

A general term that includes both IB ports and Ethernet gateway ports.

GB

Abbreviation of Gigabyte.

GbE

Abbreviation of GigabitEthernet.

Gbit/sec

Abbreviation of Gigabits per second.

GUI

Graphical user interface. The recommended interface for Oracle Fabric Manager 5.0.1.

H
HA

High Availability.

HBA

Host bus adaptor. A Fibre Channel NIC used in a SAN fabric. HBAs are replacing SCSI HBAs.

HCA

Host channel adapter. An InfiniBand NIC used in an InfiniBand network. Provides high-speed connectivity and virtual interfaces, based on the IB interface. An HCA can have one or two ports.

hypervisor

A virtualization platform that enables multiple guest operating systems to run at the second level above the hardware.

I
IB

InfiniBand. A high bandwidth messaging technology used for very high performance computing.

IMS

Identity Management System.

I/O

Input/output. In computer architecture, the combination of the CPU and main memory (that is, memory that the CPU can read and write to directly, with individual instructions) is considered the "heart" of a computer. Any movement of information to or from that complex, for example to or from a disk drive, is considered I/O.

I/O port

A single port on an Ethernet module, an HBA module, or one of the 38 IB server ports.

L
LID

Local identifier for the HCA or local identifier number that the IB path uses.

LAG

Link Aggregation Group.

leaf switch

Oracle InfiniBand Switch IS2-46.

LDAP

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. An application protocol for querying and modifying directory services running over TCP/IP. A client starts an LDAP session by connecting to an LDAP server, by default on TCP port 389. The client then sends operation requests to the server, and the server sends responses in turn.

M
MIB

Oracle ILOM management information base. Must be installed and support SNMP traps.

MTU

Maximum Transmission Unit. The largest physical packet size (in bytes) that a network can transmit. MTU values are only applicable to Ethernet ports, and the MTU of the I/O port must match the MTU of the neighboring switch.

N
NIC

Network interface card.

NPIV

N_Port ID Virtualization. A technology that defines how multiple virtual servers can share a single physical FC port identification.

O
OpenSM

The default subnet manager running on the Oracle Fabric Interconnect.

Oper State

Operative State. Indicates whether a resource is configured and operating properly. See also Admin State.

Oracle EDR InfiniBand Fabric

The fabric used to build and manage an Oracle cloud network infrastructure.

P
PVI

Private virtual interconnect. Connects the switch to the fabric and manages those Ethernet connections.

R
RADIUS

Remote Authentication Dial In User Service (RADIUS). An Authentication, Authorization, and Accounting (AAA) protocol for controlling access to network resources. RADIUS is commonly used by ISPs and corporations managing access to Internet or internal networks across an array of access technologies including modem, DSL, wireless, and VPNs.

RAID

Redundant Array of Independent Disks. A data storage virtualization technology that combines multiple physical disk drive components into a single logical unit for the purposes of data redundancy and performance improvement.

Role

One of five fixed-privilege levels that a user may be assigned (such as, Operators, Administrators, or Storage).

RSCN

Registered State Change Notification.

S
SCP

System Control Processor.

SEDIT

Script Editor contained in the fabric.

server profile

One instance of a server I/O configuration that is assignable to a single physical server through an IB port.

SM

Embedded subnet manager. SM groups manage and monitor the switching and pathing tables in an IB subnet. When there are multiple SMs on a subnet, one SM will be the master SM through an election algorithm. The remaining SMs become standby SMs. There is only one master SM per subnet.

SM device

An IB switch.

state

Displayed in Oracle Fabric Manager and the CLI as a pair of statuses, for example: up/up. The first is the Admin State while the second is the Oper State. When using SNMP, these statuses are returned individually.

subnet manager

Configures all aspects of an IB fabric, including assigning LIDs to all HCAs and switch ports in the fabric, providing lookup service for end nodes, configuring program switch forwarding tables based upon the selected routing algorithm, and programming PKEY tables for HCAs and switches.

U
user

An internal or external representation of a person. Users exist locally through LDAP. By default, an admin user is created locally.

V
vHBA

Virtual Host Bus Adapter. Connects a computer, which acts as the host system, to other network and storage devices.

virtualization switch

Oracle Fabric Interconnect F2- Switch. This virtualization switch supports several I/O modules that provide FC and Ethernet connectivity.

VLAN

Virtual local area network. A private, independent, logical network that is created within a physical network. A VLAN behaves like an ordinary LAN, but connected devices don't have to be physically connected to the same network segment.

VM

Virtual machine. A software entity that runs its own operating systems and applications, as if it were a physical computer. A VM behaves exactly like a physical computer and contains its own virtual (software based) CPU, RAM, hard disk, and NIC. An OS installed on a VM is called a guest operating system.

vNIC

Virtual network interface card. An Ethernet interface, provided without a physical NIC.

W
WWNN

World Wide Network Name.

WWPN

World Wide Port Name.